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. >> this week on "inside washington," john boehner's plan b collalapses and the house goes home for christmas. >> it is hard to get y your mind around said that someone so young could leave us, and such a peaceful communi such an horrific event. >> anonother massacre and another called for gun-control. >> the fact of this problem is complex can no longer be an excuse for doing nothing. >> hands brawl after the state depapartment report on benghazi, but are they theey right hands? >> the compound was inadequate for the threat environmnment in benghazi, and in fact, grossly inadequate to deal with the attacks that took place that night. >> wilill former republican senator chuck hagel makee it to the pentntagon? >> the house did not take up the tax measure today because it t did not have suffificient support from our mberto pass. house speaker john boehner's statement on thursday evening as he stood in front of the house republican conference on thursday night, he recited the serenity prayer. don, grarant me the serenity to accept the things that i cannot change, and close the house fo
. >> this week on "inside washington," john boehner's plan b collalapses and the house goes home for christmas. >> it is hard to get y your mind around said that someone so young could leave us, and such a peaceful communi such an horrific event. >> anonother massacre and another called for gun-control. >> the fact of this problem is complex can no longer be an excuse for doing nothing. >> hands brawl after the state depapartment report on benghazi, but...
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toward washington. -- george washington. try to stop gun sales in this country, you will run into a series of roadblocks. >> australia had a mass killing in the mid-1990s and they passed a severe loss where all existing guns had to be turned in. the government bought them back. after a certain date if they were in your home, you were arrested. they have had a decrease in crime and suicide, which is an interesting development. it seems to me, you either have to go that route, which you cannot in the u.s. -- gun ownership in australia was 5% of households. gallup has shown is 47% here. we have the second amendment and the history back to washington. given that we are a different culture, the kinds of laws that we pass are almost always an effective as a result, because there are 300 million weapons out there today. unless you recall them the way that australia did, and we cannot do that -- you would have a reservoir that would last 100 years. >> you can imagine what would happen. there would be an insurrection. >> you do not h
toward washington. -- george washington. try to stop gun sales in this country, you will run into a series of roadblocks. >> australia had a mass killing in the mid-1990s and they passed a severe loss where all existing guns had to be turned in. the government bought them back. after a certain date if they were in your home, you were arrested. they have had a decrease in crime and suicide, which is an interesting development. it seems to me, you either have to go that route, which you...
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he practiced international trade law and washington. on behalf of the west virginia state society, i would like to introduce ira shapiro. [applause] >> thank you for the kind introduction. thank you to the society for giving me the chance to be here. thanks to mike who did so much to organize the event. he is an old friend. thank you, mike. i'm delighted to be here today with corbin. we have two books that talk about robert byrd from different perspectives. my book is basically about the senate and the last great senate as i refer to it. senator byrd was the majority leader during the period of time i wrote about. it gives you an ensemble sense of how the senate works. the book originated in 2008. i had been in the senate in the 1970s and 1980s. by 2008, i decided the senate had become utterly unrecognizable to me. polarized and paralyzed, really quite dysfunctional. i decided to write a book about the senate when it was great, specifically when i was there. [laughter] when you do something like that, you have a certain risk factor. was
he practiced international trade law and washington. on behalf of the west virginia state society, i would like to introduce ira shapiro. [applause] >> thank you for the kind introduction. thank you to the society for giving me the chance to be here. thanks to mike who did so much to organize the event. he is an old friend. thank you, mike. i'm delighted to be here today with corbin. we have two books that talk about robert byrd from different perspectives. my book is basically about the...
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they have indeed greatly increased staffs and they even have elements in washington that begin to act like lobbies. when a new problem arises, a joint task force is put together. and that makes sense. and the elements may come from more than one of the unified and specified commands. so i think another look is needed at not at the question of jointness, but at how it's carried out. and how the overhead is distributed. >> you worked in the pentagon during the vietnam war and there are those and you even mentioned certain parallels between the vietnam conflict and what we're seeing in afghanistan. right now there's a big debate going on in washington whether or not troop levels should remain high to ensure that we can train the afghans fast enough to hand over control before we leave at the end of 2014. why is that a bad idea from your standpoint? >> the real question is what kind of country is going to -- will it be possible to leave behind? and the case of vietnam, my own conclusion back in period of 1967, '68, became that the government there was unsustainable because it really did n
they have indeed greatly increased staffs and they even have elements in washington that begin to act like lobbies. when a new problem arises, a joint task force is put together. and that makes sense. and the elements may come from more than one of the unified and specified commands. so i think another look is needed at not at the question of jointness, but at how it's carried out. and how the overhead is distributed. >> you worked in the pentagon during the vietnam war and there are...
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introduced by susan eisenhower the granddaughter of the dwight eisenhower at the eisenhower institute in washington d.c.. this is about 50 minutes. .. >> the answer was there is no plan. i blew up, not for the first or last time, and said, how can it be the head of the soviet union dies, and we have no contingency plan. it was criminal, said the president. the truth was the united states and the other western nations had very little idea of what was happening behind the iron curtain. two years later at the first summit meeting of the cold war era at geneva in 1955, the united states still did not know who was running the soviet union. they sent four leaders, one tall white man in a white suit with a white goatee who looked like colonel sanders from kentucky fried chicken, clearly, a figure head. the head of the red army, ike's ally in defeating the nazis in world war ii. eisenhower spent his son, john, to do some spying. subdued and shaken, just whispered, "things are not as they seem." presidentize -- president eisenhower found out who was in charge on the fifth day of the conference. the big pier
introduced by susan eisenhower the granddaughter of the dwight eisenhower at the eisenhower institute in washington d.c.. this is about 50 minutes. .. >> the answer was there is no plan. i blew up, not for the first or last time, and said, how can it be the head of the soviet union dies, and we have no contingency plan. it was criminal, said the president. the truth was the united states and the other western nations had very little idea of what was happening behind the iron curtain. two...
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i had a law practice here in washington for many, many years. i did keep notes, and i felt ultimately, um, that i would put it together, and i'd piece it together for a magazine article. and then it expanded, and it became what it is right now. but always behind in my mind i want young people to know, i want young people to know that this ugliness happened. and so it took a while. my brother is a writer up in new york, and he was my editor for a while. i fired him three times, and i went back with the help of my wife back into my first year legal research because i had to certify, authorize this was a piece of nonfiction, and you have to put down. i felt with a memoir you could just wig it. well, you can't because once you start highlighting things, you have to get authority for it. you even have to get a concept from people who you put photographs in, the consent of the army, consent of all -- i had a letter from james meredith right after i left which is in the book it, and i wanted to put that in. my wife reminded me, well, you need his permi
i had a law practice here in washington for many, many years. i did keep notes, and i felt ultimately, um, that i would put it together, and i'd piece it together for a magazine article. and then it expanded, and it became what it is right now. but always behind in my mind i want young people to know, i want young people to know that this ugliness happened. and so it took a while. my brother is a writer up in new york, and he was my editor for a while. i fired him three times, and i went back...
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[laughter] in a way, the washington wizards are looking like the washington generals. they are probably better at this point. rg3 is one step closer to taking the >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. good news, doctors have robert griffin to start on sunday against the eagles. there will be many limitations griffin. is recovering from a knee.ed right washington wins their last two games, able win the .ivision 4-10.gles are it is likely the head coach -- sean mccoy will be back in action. tomorrow'sill take very seriously. >> there is a lot of pride at both us and for them. he would like nothing better than to spoil our chances of advancing. we have got to take care of business. the wizards are downright .ainful to watch right now the head coach is at his wits end. he has been trying to get thrown out for a while. that is bad. he has had enough. the wizards hosting the pistons. they trailed at. third quarter, the wizards rallied. they tried. they were down only 6. this wild sequence sequence happened. i do not know what is going on. th
[laughter] in a way, the washington wizards are looking like the washington generals. they are probably better at this point. rg3 is one step closer to taking the >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. good news, doctors have robert griffin to start on sunday against the eagles. there will be many limitations griffin. is recovering from a knee.ed right washington wins their last two games, able win the .ivision 4-10.gles are it is likely the head coach --...
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turned in her resignation letter to secretary clinton and left washington. she resumed her princeton professorship and life in new jersey with her husband and two teenage sons. in the wake of her departure, slaughter wrote a cover story for "the atlantic magazine" why women still can't have it all. within days, the piece became the most read in t"the atlantic's" history. tonight, she takes us behind that personal decision that became a raging public debate. explain the intensity of that kind of job, because it's really much more than what many people think. thisst is a more intense job th senior jobs in the private sector. >> it's certainly comparable. it's an assistant secretary job, which means you're on pretty much all the time. you're the head of the secretary of state's private think tank. that means you cover the entire world, just as she does. and you're on for everything she needs you to do. and every sort of -- the longer-term planning and you work pretty much round the clock. >> so you're working probably six days a week? >> absolutely. now, i comm
turned in her resignation letter to secretary clinton and left washington. she resumed her princeton professorship and life in new jersey with her husband and two teenage sons. in the wake of her departure, slaughter wrote a cover story for "the atlantic magazine" why women still can't have it all. within days, the piece became the most read in t"the atlantic's" history. tonight, she takes us behind that personal decision that became a raging public debate. explain the...
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even as close as the northwestern suburbs of metro washington. it should eventually change all to rain before coming to an end. doesn't look like much on radar around our area just yet. the nearest drops are still down around across far southwestern virginia into northeastern parts of tennessee. it's coming our way but the air mass that's in place over us today is really dry. so the first rain drops are just going to get eaten up by all that dry air and not reach the ground. but that helps cool the atmosphere down and that's the reason i think sleet pellet will be a possibility. clouds returning during the overnight. you will probably get some breaks of sunshine first thing in the morning but clouds will quickly thicken right back in. cold air will be in place and moisture coming up over the top of that. as the rain drops try to fall through that cold air, we could get some sleet, especially likely out across parts of the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, northern and western maryland, on up into southern pennsylvania, and a time lin
even as close as the northwestern suburbs of metro washington. it should eventually change all to rain before coming to an end. doesn't look like much on radar around our area just yet. the nearest drops are still down around across far southwestern virginia into northeastern parts of tennessee. it's coming our way but the air mass that's in place over us today is really dry. so the first rain drops are just going to get eaten up by all that dry air and not reach the ground. but that helps cool...
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he is planning to return to washington after christmas. >>> a weekend of violence. explosions and death in syria. at least five people killed in damascus today when a powerful car bomb blew up in this residential neighborhood. it tore through apartment buildings and filled the streets with debris. more than 140 people reportedly died in attacks across syria, most in damascus and its suburbs. >>> india, riot police blasted protesters with high-pressure water hoses trying to break up massive angry rallys against the government. people are furious after a woman reportedly gang raped and beaten on a moving city bus last weekend. protesters demanding changes to india's laws regarding rape saying women are not safe in new delhi and other cities in india. >>> a former marine spent more than four months at a mexican prison is free and heading home to florida. john hammer locked up in august on weapons charges. his family says he was physically abused in custody. threatened. chained to a bed, and never saw a judge. u.s. lawmakers and diplomats got involved on hammer's behalf
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antecedents are mixed up. >> you've got a comparison with george washington washington of course freed his slaves on his death spoke actually after 10 years of trying. >> washington is a marvelous story she wrote about in your last book. >> right. >> [inaudible] it would be political suicide. and, in fact, jefferson recognized at the end of his life that it would not only be suicide, marvelous letter and 1819 of the missouri compromise which he talks about -- [inaudible]. for the first time he recognizes the great war in which hundreds of thousands might die, not necessarily in europe which he always believed, fighting between republicans and regimes, could well be in this new nation fighting between slavery and independeindepende nce. and jefferson does give his own reasons for not freeing his slaves. you're quite right. he never intended to faith and even if he hadn't been in debt. but he did argue that to do so would be civil war and that the only solution would be a scheme in which all slaves moved to the caribbean or back to africa. and, of course, you could argue that it's not ju
antecedents are mixed up. >> you've got a comparison with george washington washington of course freed his slaves on his death spoke actually after 10 years of trying. >> washington is a marvelous story she wrote about in your last book. >> right. >> [inaudible] it would be political suicide. and, in fact, jefferson recognized at the end of his life that it would not only be suicide, marvelous letter and 1819 of the missouri compromise which he talks about --...
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host: stephen dinan was the the politics editor at the washington times. he covered the legislature in virginia. he has a bachelor's from the university of virginia. in the new york times this morning, there was an article with the headline, boehner finds the speaker's chair can be lonely. republicans fell 20 votes short of those needed to pass mr. boehner's bill that would make permanent musharraf tax cuts for households under $1 million per year -- make permanent the bush tax cuts for households under $1 million per year. the republican team could not bring enough members on board even though many of those who declined to support the measure told republican leadership that they secretly hoped it would pass. ixion's like some of these guys -- the speaker and the majority -- it sounds like some of these guys who the speaker and the majority leader thought they had the support of were talking out of both sides of their mouths. yes and they were hoping they would not have to take the -- guest: they were hoping they would not have to take the that vote to mak
host: stephen dinan was the the politics editor at the washington times. he covered the legislature in virginia. he has a bachelor's from the university of virginia. in the new york times this morning, there was an article with the headline, boehner finds the speaker's chair can be lonely. republicans fell 20 votes short of those needed to pass mr. boehner's bill that would make permanent musharraf tax cuts for households under $1 million per year -- make permanent the bush tax cuts for...
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i think here in the washington metro area, this is going to be 95% rain with maybe an occasional sleet pellet at the on set and that's it. temperatures in the 40s tomorrow, and cloudy and cold and wet outside. rain likely. sleet for some, the first north and west from washington the better chances you will have, and anytime there's anton the for the frozen stuff we have to be very careful, asprblly so close to christmas. and christmas day, you can take anything new you received outside. and then the next storm does bear watching. windy and much colder next week. >> thank you, chuck. >>> rg3 is a-okay for today's game against the eagles. >> a lot of people waiting to hear that. >> and my george mason squeaks out a nail biter. >> good sunday morning, everybody. your "sports minute" starts with a trip to the doctors. robert griffin iii was at practice all week, but they had to wait for doctors to clear him as a starter. yesterday, that's exactly what they did. rg3 will be under center today against the eagles and is ready to get back to business. >> we came back with one mission, and that
i think here in the washington metro area, this is going to be 95% rain with maybe an occasional sleet pellet at the on set and that's it. temperatures in the 40s tomorrow, and cloudy and cold and wet outside. rain likely. sleet for some, the first north and west from washington the better chances you will have, and anytime there's anton the for the frozen stuff we have to be very careful, asprblly so close to christmas. and christmas day, you can take anything new you received outside. and...
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he is planning to return to washington after christmas. >>> a weekend of violence. explosions and death in syria. at least five people killed in damascus today when a powerful car bomb blew up in this residential neighborhood. it tore through apartment buildings and filled the streets with debris. more than 140 people reportedly died in peattacks across syria, most in damascus and its suburbs. >>> india, riot police blasted protesters with high-pressure water hoses trying to break up massive angry riots against the government. people are furious after a woman reportedly gang raped and beaten on a moving city bus last weekend. protesters demanding changes to india's laws regarding rape saying women are not safe in new delhi and other cities in india. >>> a former marine spent more than four months at a mexican prison is free and helding home to florida. john hammer locked up in august on weapons charges. his family says he was physically abused in custody. threatened. chained to a bed, and never saw a judge. u.s. lawmakers and diplomats got involved on hammer's behal
he is planning to return to washington after christmas. >>> a weekend of violence. explosions and death in syria. at least five people killed in damascus today when a powerful car bomb blew up in this residential neighborhood. it tore through apartment buildings and filled the streets with debris. more than 140 people reportedly died in peattacks across syria, most in damascus and its suburbs. >>> india, riot police blasted protesters with high-pressure water hoses trying to...
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culpepper, 27. 33 in downtown washington. annapolis, it's 35 at the naval academy, and 30 degrees in leesburg. a little hint of a breeze out there. nowhere as much of a wind as yesterday. and the windchills are in the 20s. it's sunny and cold today, but that's all right, pleasant enough to be outside. good enough for the ravens and redskins, and we will talk about christmas eve and christmas day and beyond. >> got it all covered, chuck. thanks. >>> holiday shoppers may be trying to squeeze in the last-minute purchases today, and they want to bring plenty of patience. look at the packed parking lots in bethesda. security helped to direct traffic and even some police officers had a little fun doing it. if you still had shopping to do, can you expect plenty of company. it's one of the last shopping days before the big day and probably going to be one of the busiest, too. and things are already bustling, derrick? >> if you get here anytime soon, you will see something you probably won't see later in the day. that's opened parking
culpepper, 27. 33 in downtown washington. annapolis, it's 35 at the naval academy, and 30 degrees in leesburg. a little hint of a breeze out there. nowhere as much of a wind as yesterday. and the windchills are in the 20s. it's sunny and cold today, but that's all right, pleasant enough to be outside. good enough for the ravens and redskins, and we will talk about christmas eve and christmas day and beyond. >> got it all covered, chuck. thanks. >>> holiday shoppers may be trying...
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. >> in northwest washington and like schools across the country, educators just wanted to have a normal holiday season school event in the wake of the connecticut shooting. but, here, there was something special. >> it's all about y'all, right? >> are you all excited? >> san francisco's nfl star vernon davis was back in his hometown. after playing late sunday night in boston, here he was passing out gifts to children. the dunbar and maryland graduate say it was important for him to be there. >> did you drive eight hours from this morning? >> i did. it was important when i came back here. i remember when i was a kid, i always wanted that hero to show up. >> davis, at 6'3", towered over the children, many the same age as those in connecticut. >> very, very touching. it's sad. it shows you how much we to pay attention to the kids. >> the principal was glad to have the diversions of this day. my hope was that the kids turn the tv to have as little exposure as possible. it's really unprecedented. we're really going by what our heart tells us and listening to the boys and girls. >> in the dis
. >> in northwest washington and like schools across the country, educators just wanted to have a normal holiday season school event in the wake of the connecticut shooting. but, here, there was something special. >> it's all about y'all, right? >> are you all excited? >> san francisco's nfl star vernon davis was back in his hometown. after playing late sunday night in boston, here he was passing out gifts to children. the dunbar and maryland graduate say it was...
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the service came on a day when we also saw washington at its worst. the president and congressional leaders leaving town after partisanship again prevailed and they were unable to find a way to stave off what could be real economic chaos. and what other word but inexplicable could one use to describe the news conference called by the national rifle association? inouye's generation will forever be remembered for the common sense, the inner strength that got it through the great depression, and above all, the courage. the courage that led it to confront nazism, the greatest evil the world has ever known. the president said he hoped people would drink some egg nog and sing a few christmas carols and then come back to washington and start over on finding ways to solve problems. maybe we could also reflect just fair moment on the courage of inouye's generation and what that has meant to those of us who came after. back in a minute. the data she shares from comments, reviews, and social networks tells a company what to make. what it's made from, how it's sh
the service came on a day when we also saw washington at its worst. the president and congressional leaders leaving town after partisanship again prevailed and they were unable to find a way to stave off what could be real economic chaos. and what other word but inexplicable could one use to describe the news conference called by the national rifle association? inouye's generation will forever be remembered for the common sense, the inner strength that got it through the great depression, and...
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he's introduced by susan eisenhower, granddaughter at the eisenhower institute in washington d.c. this is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> what an honor and treat to be at the eisenhower institute and especially an honor to have susan introduced me. you know, families can be a little touchy about the great man and their family, but the eisenhower's were amazing with me. john, susan, david are completely open, not defensive, which is unusual. incredibly helpful and i could not have done this book without them. so thank you, susan. six weeks after dwight eisenhower became president, stalin died. paik caught together top advisers and officials in that, what's the plan? .. is >> little bit like colonel sanders of kentucky fried chicken. was clearly a figure. ike was rooting for the general, the head of the red army was ike's ally in defeating the nazis in world war ii. eisenhower sent his son john out to do a little spying. john seidel up to him. things are not as they seem. president eisenhower did not find out who was really in charge until the fifth day of the conference, when ike p
he's introduced by susan eisenhower, granddaughter at the eisenhower institute in washington d.c. this is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> what an honor and treat to be at the eisenhower institute and especially an honor to have susan introduced me. you know, families can be a little touchy about the great man and their family, but the eisenhower's were amazing with me. john, susan, david are completely open, not defensive, which is unusual. incredibly helpful and i could not have done...
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>> guest: well, george washington didn't think a lot of the militia. he grouched about it at times, but he also made remarks that allowed how the militia was a useful thing to have and couldn't have bill the army without the existence of the militia and people in the militias, and more importantly, volunteers and others who knew how to use firearms, and that was key. >> host: so people used these on the frontier, protection against the indians, native americans, hunting certainly, and then during the colonies, some sense of responsibility for the common good. >> guest: exactly. the right, the common law right to have and use firearms came with a civic duty to use them when called upon. >> host: who was in charge of the militias? >> guest: well, local commanders, towns had them, in new england certainly, and later on, they became more broadly based, but as tensions and hostilities mounted between the british authorities and the colonists, the approach to revolutionary war, it was seen by many of the leaders at the time as an advantage that we americans
>> guest: well, george washington didn't think a lot of the militia. he grouched about it at times, but he also made remarks that allowed how the militia was a useful thing to have and couldn't have bill the army without the existence of the militia and people in the militias, and more importantly, volunteers and others who knew how to use firearms, and that was key. >> host: so people used these on the frontier, protection against the indians, native americans, hunting certainly,...
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this is not some washington commission. this is not something where folks are going to be studying the issue for six months and publishing a report that gets read and then pushed aside. this is a team that has a very specific task, to pull together real reforms right now. i asked joe to lead this effort in part because he wrote the 1994 crime bill that helped law enforcement bring down the rate of violent crime in this country. that plan -- that bill also included the assault weapons ban that was publicly supported at the time by former presidents including ronald reagan. the good news is there's already a growing consensus for us to build from. a majority of americans support banning the sale of military- style assault weapons. a majority of americans support banning the sale of high- capacity ammunition clips. a majority of americans support laws requiring background checks before all gun purchases, so that criminals can't take advantage of legal loopholes to buy a gun from somebody who won't take the responsibility of do
this is not some washington commission. this is not something where folks are going to be studying the issue for six months and publishing a report that gets read and then pushed aside. this is a team that has a very specific task, to pull together real reforms right now. i asked joe to lead this effort in part because he wrote the 1994 crime bill that helped law enforcement bring down the rate of violent crime in this country. that plan -- that bill also included the assault weapons ban that...
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shriver opposed the reordering of priorities generating the observation in washington and elsewhere, quote, like the poor, we have shriver always with us, end of quote. nevertheless, between 1964 to 1968, one-third of america's poor moved up word out of poverty. by the spring of 1968, tension over the budget priorities lead shriver to give up on what had become an impossible task and to take the ambassadorship to france. when the democrats met that summer in a stormy chicago, shriver's name and came up for the vice presidency. in fact, he had an acceptance speech written and reservations on the flight from paris to chicago. but once again the kennedy family still grieving from the recent death of robert raised an objective in favor of ted. so shriver remained in paris until 1970. his success and repairing the alliance with france weekend by a disagreement about the vietnam war had prompted president nixon to retain him in office. not long afterwards came the 1972 election when the democratic nominee george mcgovern was forced to drop his running mate, and eventually through a process
shriver opposed the reordering of priorities generating the observation in washington and elsewhere, quote, like the poor, we have shriver always with us, end of quote. nevertheless, between 1964 to 1968, one-third of america's poor moved up word out of poverty. by the spring of 1968, tension over the budget priorities lead shriver to give up on what had become an impossible task and to take the ambassadorship to france. when the democrats met that summer in a stormy chicago, shriver's name and...
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and david moranist of the washington post, this is like lincoln at gettysburg, what would they operate on. >> i think it's a failure of the part of imagination on time magazine, if we can't come up with anyone other than the guy who won the election. >> was it a cop-out? >> i think in their minds he is the perennial person of the day, bern of the hour, person of year. >> and i think president morsi, and taken over and it really has become the narrative of the entire world. the arab spring, i call it the islamicic awakinawaking. >> rick, aren't you going to hold president obama responsible for that? >> give him credit-- >> so who should we expect next year? or is it too early to talk about. >> i think it's too early to start talking about hillary clinton. i think we're going to have to wait an um can of years, what do you say. >> i'm going to go with president obama? >> we'll have to see whether she actually testifies in front of the committee while she is still secretary of state as the senators seem to request. stay with us, we have more news watch coming up. i'm doing my own sleep st
and david moranist of the washington post, this is like lincoln at gettysburg, what would they operate on. >> i think it's a failure of the part of imagination on time magazine, if we can't come up with anyone other than the guy who won the election. >> was it a cop-out? >> i think in their minds he is the perennial person of the day, bern of the hour, person of year. >> and i think president morsi, and taken over and it really has become the narrative of the entire...
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and that's what i hoped we could do here in washington. maybe naively i went to work in the house, often working with the heritage foundation to create a better product here in washington. i saw social security, and not many people look below the surface, but we knew it was going broke. we knew we were taking in money that people were paying for this social security retirement benefit, but we were spending it all. and i thought, what an opportunity it would be for future generations, for my children, if we actually saved what people were putting into social security for their retirement. and you didn't have to do too much math to see that even for middle-class workers that americans could be millionaires when they retired if we even kept half of what was put into social security for them. it seemed like a good idea to create wealth and independence for individuals in retirement. but we made it a political idea and somehow convinced americans that it was riskier to save their social security contribution than it was just to spend it. i'm le
and that's what i hoped we could do here in washington. maybe naively i went to work in the house, often working with the heritage foundation to create a better product here in washington. i saw social security, and not many people look below the surface, but we knew it was going broke. we knew we were taking in money that people were paying for this social security retirement benefit, but we were spending it all. and i thought, what an opportunity it would be for future generations, for my...
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is washington next? is this oscar winner ready to be a u.s. senator, people are asking him? we have his answer. >>> america's wounded warriors say why they still have reasons to give thanks this christmas. >>> he is known for his award-winning acting in films but could ben affleck be seriously thinking about dumping hollywood for washington? he lives in massachusetts where a u.s. senate seat could open up if john kerry becomes secretary of state. here's what he said today. >> well, one never knows. i'm not one to get into conjecture. i do have a great fondness and admiration for the political process in this country. it's a big deal for know come down here and be on your show they've watched so much, but i'm not going to get into speculation about my political future. >> senator cannery has been nominated to replace secretary of state hillary clinton. he is considered a shoo-in for confirmation, there is likely there will be a vacant seat for the taking in massachusetts soon. >>> cnn newsroom with don lemon coming up in a few minutes. don is here to tell tell us what's ahead
is washington next? is this oscar winner ready to be a u.s. senator, people are asking him? we have his answer. >>> america's wounded warriors say why they still have reasons to give thanks this christmas. >>> he is known for his award-winning acting in films but could ben affleck be seriously thinking about dumping hollywood for washington? he lives in massachusetts where a u.s. senate seat could open up if john kerry becomes secretary of state. here's what he said today....
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basically the of washington. now there has been all the scandal that jackson's wife is going to be first lady. now basically jackson asks dean's new wife to be the hostess at the white house. to preside at the knocker rupaul and they would say the mistress of the white house which has a different meaning today. is a huge scandal. jackson's cabinet, most of his cabinet boycotts inartful ceremonies and they don't meet as a cabinet. takes jackson month -- months because the cabinet wives would not allow the cabinet husbands to be with jackson because little peg would be there and who knows about the relationship between jackson and little peg when they were in congress? the congressional wives are basically agreed -- bringing government to a standstill. this was over peggy and the cabinet wives. daniel webster had a popular toast in washingtwashingt on in reference to this. he would say here's the next cabinet, may they all be bachelors or widowers. they called a petticoat government so the wives were disrupting thi
basically the of washington. now there has been all the scandal that jackson's wife is going to be first lady. now basically jackson asks dean's new wife to be the hostess at the white house. to preside at the knocker rupaul and they would say the mistress of the white house which has a different meaning today. is a huge scandal. jackson's cabinet, most of his cabinet boycotts inartful ceremonies and they don't meet as a cabinet. takes jackson month -- months because the cabinet wives would not...
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people outside of washington understand clearly. a couple hundred billion over ten years separating both sides. the question becomes can washington still govern itself? two, there's a realization we're in the middle of a small recovery. if we find ourselves not able to resolve this moment, it retards and slows and undermines what we see ourselves doing going forward. finally, for the life of me as someone who sfrd there, it was so distressful to watch both sides yell at each other. i feel sorry for speaker boehner. i've seen sop of your colleagues who are a little unreasonable and i dare say some democrats who are unraeasonable. what does it take to make them come together if they can't come together at this moment as close as they are. >> durable goods is up, the housing market is beginning to come back. the market is poised. but the stock market is going to react. i can't previous district, don't have the knowledge, no one does, as to what exactly is going to happen but chuck is right. the white house should get over its upset wit
people outside of washington understand clearly. a couple hundred billion over ten years separating both sides. the question becomes can washington still govern itself? two, there's a realization we're in the middle of a small recovery. if we find ourselves not able to resolve this moment, it retards and slows and undermines what we see ourselves doing going forward. finally, for the life of me as someone who sfrd there, it was so distressful to watch both sides yell at each other. i feel sorry...
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he will return to washington after christmas to walk on the fiscal cliff. he is acknowledging the political reality by pushing a scaled back plan for a tax on the middle class. >> even though democrats and republicans are arguing about whether those rates should go up for thewealthiest individuals, all of yours, every single one of us, agrees that tax rates should not go up for the other 98% of americans, which includes 92% of small businesses. >> reporter: the president wants that middle class tax cuts and wants to preserve unemployment benefits which are set to expire at the end of the year. >>> funeral services were held today for former federal judge robert bork. bork bide on monday. he was 85 years old. he is well-known for the nomination to the supreme court which set off one of the fiercest battles on capitol hill. he also is known for president nixon ordering him to fire one of his aides. >>> and shopper, if if you are not finished, you are not alone. >>> and a new easy way to make weapons is in the works and stirring up some more controversy. that
he will return to washington after christmas to walk on the fiscal cliff. he is acknowledging the political reality by pushing a scaled back plan for a tax on the middle class. >> even though democrats and republicans are arguing about whether those rates should go up for thewealthiest individuals, all of yours, every single one of us, agrees that tax rates should not go up for the other 98% of americans, which includes 92% of small businesses. >> reporter: the president wants that...
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the question is becomes can washington still govern itself? there's a growing realization we're in the middle of a small recovery. if we find ourselves not able to resolve this moment, it retards and slows and for that matter undermines what we see ourselves going forward and finally for the life of me as someone who served there, so distressful to watch, watching both sides yelling at each other, i feel sorry for speaker boehner, some of your colleagues are a little unreasonable and some democrats are unreasonable but as someone who loves the country and wants us to go forward, have you to wonder what does it take for them to come together if they can't come together? >> durable goods up, personal growth, housing market coming back and the economy is poised, but the markets, the stock market is going to react. i'm not going to predict-can't predict and don't have the knowledge, no one does as to what exactly is going to happen. chuck is right. they should go -- the white house should get over its upset with boehner and help bail him out. one
the question is becomes can washington still govern itself? there's a growing realization we're in the middle of a small recovery. if we find ourselves not able to resolve this moment, it retards and slows and for that matter undermines what we see ourselves going forward and finally for the life of me as someone who served there, so distressful to watch, watching both sides yelling at each other, i feel sorry for speaker boehner, some of your colleagues are a little unreasonable and some...
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we need to actually get on a treek that reduces spending in washington and doesn't play games. doctor fixes around things of this nature, never come to pass. >> this same house caucus, what's the one thing they passed? >> this support of the sequestration cuts. they are going to end the sequestration cuts which is going nowhere. >> so we can translate, the one thing they passed is revoking already agreed-to m cuts in spending of $500 billion. what have they done? voted to revoke the agreed-to cuts of spending. that's the only thing. >> i'm not sure there's not politics on both sides. what i am suggesting is remember how we got here. we had a supercommittee that was supposed to come up with $1.2 trillion worth of cuts and they couldn't produce it so we had the i'm matter of sequestration coming in and mace a blunt instrument. >> to cut spending which apparently. >> apparently both sides are -- snee one wants to cut spending. >> but no one ran for cutting social security. they ran against obama because he wanted to cut $700 billion on medicare. they didn't run in the campaign we'
we need to actually get on a treek that reduces spending in washington and doesn't play games. doctor fixes around things of this nature, never come to pass. >> this same house caucus, what's the one thing they passed? >> this support of the sequestration cuts. they are going to end the sequestration cuts which is going nowhere. >> so we can translate, the one thing they passed is revoking already agreed-to m cuts in spending of $500 billion. what have they done? voted to...
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sarah weinman at publishers marketplace mentioned the best of lists are coming out by publications "washington post," the economist, et cetera have been abrogated at booktv.org. you'll be able to see a lot of the best of 2012 books list. they are under our section called news about books. pulitzers this year, stephen greenblatt won for general nonfiction this word history delete many maribel, one for malcolm x and biography or autobiography. john lewis gaddis, george f. kennan and american life. what is this word about? >> guest: to swerve if i remember right, i admit i dipped into the book when it came out. it's fascinating. it was a little on the side of being i don't want to say -- intellectual. i don't mean to say that dismissively. that is about a palm. help me here. do you remember the name of the palm? we are funky and this exam here. rediscovered in the renaissance and then it changed the way it was published i guess you would say. printed or something. >> host: i didn't mean to but she was the spot there. >> guest: the cultures where did that and put in more modern take on life and th
sarah weinman at publishers marketplace mentioned the best of lists are coming out by publications "washington post," the economist, et cetera have been abrogated at booktv.org. you'll be able to see a lot of the best of 2012 books list. they are under our section called news about books. pulitzers this year, stephen greenblatt won for general nonfiction this word history delete many maribel, one for malcolm x and biography or autobiography. john lewis gaddis, george f. kennan and...
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. >>> washington now, where the fiscal cliff is now just eight days away and washington is closed for the christmas holidays. lawmakers return this week to pick up right where they left off in a stale mate. president obama is calling on lawmakers to find a compromise bf before it's too late. here's brian moore with the latest. >> before heading off to hawaii to celebrate christmas with the first family, president obama tried to gifb lawmakers something to think about on their own holiday break. >> think about the obligations we have to the people who sent us here. >> nine days before the fiscal cliff and not a creature was stirring in washington. negotiations at an impass. the president says he hopes the holiday spirit will inspire a change of heart. >> everybody can drink some egg nog, have some christmas cookies. >> but republicans say the president's deal is jut too hard to swallow. >> the president's solution of raising tax rates would still be ready as far as the eyes could see. >> john boehner's plan b, raising taxes on americans making more than $1 million a year was scuttled b
. >>> washington now, where the fiscal cliff is now just eight days away and washington is closed for the christmas holidays. lawmakers return this week to pick up right where they left off in a stale mate. president obama is calling on lawmakers to find a compromise bf before it's too late. here's brian moore with the latest. >> before heading off to hawaii to celebrate christmas with the first family, president obama tried to gifb lawmakers something to think about on their own...
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not washington but on this end. there's recap for a second, if you will. the laffer curve that you game famous for. that's your theory on tax rates and revenue and it shows, the laffer curve, if you have a tax rate of zero obviously you correct zero revenue to run the government. if you have a tax rate, your theory holds of 100%, you also probably collect zero in revenue because you've disincentivized people to get to work. somewhere in your curve is the sweet spot of the tax rate that would allow for the most revenue. what is that sweet spot? >> i don't know where it is exactly, obviously. but i know the laffer curve, the operation in the upper income groups is much more sensitive to tax rate hikes that the lower ranges. rich people have all sorts of options available to cut back on taxes. hire lawyers, accountants, deferred income specialists, congressmen, senators. so when you raise tax rates on the rich you almost always get less revenue and cause the economy to collapse. it makes no sense raising tax rates on the highest income offers. >> what will ha
not washington but on this end. there's recap for a second, if you will. the laffer curve that you game famous for. that's your theory on tax rates and revenue and it shows, the laffer curve, if you have a tax rate of zero obviously you correct zero revenue to run the government. if you have a tax rate, your theory holds of 100%, you also probably collect zero in revenue because you've disincentivized people to get to work. somewhere in your curve is the sweet spot of the tax rate that would...